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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1917
Page
4
Beasley editor notes President Wilson’s reply to the Pope’s peace conference proposal. He argues Germany is an outlaw and negotiations are futile while victory rests with the allied powers. The piece emphasizes postwar peace hinges on German surrender and the elimination of German autocracy. The full presidential message is printed for readers.
A wartime column extols Negro troops and Senegalese fighters serving with Allies. It lauds their courage, bayonet skill, and endurance in campaigns from Champagne to Verdun and in Greece and Serbia, noting their backbone role and comparison to white troops. It also mentions civic issues and critiques media, with local notes on courthouse benches and Uncle Sam’s dispatches.
The piece argues the Mason and Dixon line is fading as Southern identity blends into the American melting pot. It laments loss of chivalry and old home gardens replaced by hot houses, noting the rise of sleek business men in the postwar industrial wave.
Major Heath recalls postwar poverty and a one ring circus in a small hamlet where John Lowlow the clown drew crowds. A South lawyer, a New York bar, and an amused crowd at Delmonico’s press him to repeat the anecdote about courtesy and whiskey.
Vitagraph star Anita Stewart shines in The Glory of Yo landa as a Russian peasant and danseuse heroine. The article details her gowns from pink satin and blue tulle to violet chiffon, cream crepe de chine negligee, tan broadcloth suit, and brown velvet cloak, all highlighting her fashion in the Bru-Nel program on September 3.
While meditating near Trensien Confucius sees a widow fanning a fresh grave. She laments her husband is dead and has promised not to remarry until his grave is dry, explaining her vow in a sobbing, respectful reply.
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